I dont think it's unpatriotic to not want to participate in a "war" that our country should not have been involved in. In my view, our involvment in Viet Nam was just such an action. They were in what could be called a revolution and we had no right to take sides militarily. It is one of our duties as citizens to keep our government within the bounds of the constitution..
Unfortunately for me, I wasnt aware of this obligation while I "served". Lee On 5/29/2014 10:12 AM, (Redacted sender sblumen123@xxxxxxx for DMARC) wrote:
Lee So much for patriotisim in America. Comrade B -----Original Message----- From: Lee, NI7I <pixiehat@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: sparkscoffee <sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thu, May 29, 2014 1:10 pmSubject: [sparkscoffee] Re: America's Obesity Epidemic Hits The Military: 1 in 5 Recruits "Too Fat To Fight"I recall, shortly after Zumwalt (forgive the spelling) took over as CNO, and I was in the Navy, you could get out on a "fat discharge". They were going after career sailors as well as us one term guys. I remember shipmates stocking up on twinkies and doughnuts try8ing to put on those extra poundsin order to qualify. Lee On 5/29/2014 5:30 AM, Ron Ristad wrote:Students consume almost 400 billion junk food calories at school per year, equal to almost 2 billion candy bars and while the epidemic of childhood obesity is not 'news' per se - for one big employer in America, it is a major problem. As Bloomberg Businessweek reports <http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-05-23/the-u-dot-s-dot-military-says-childhood-obesity-is-hurting-enlistment>,*the number one reason people can’t join the military is that they’re overweight or obese, and "still too fat to fight."* The problem is large for active service members also with over 51% overweight (though better than the civilian population) as the DoD alone spends an estimated *$1 billion per year for medical care associated with "weight-related health problems*."http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-28/americas-obesity-epidemic-hits-military-1-5-recruits-too-fat-fight -RR ...
